IP/N/1/CRI/29, IP/N/1/CRI/C/12  
IP/N/1/CRI/P/11, IP/N/1/CRI/U/2  
IP/N/1/CRI/E/9  
6 March 2023  
(23-1526)  Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF  
THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
COSTA RICA: LAW NO. 8686 AMENDING, ADDING AND REPEALING VARIOUS STANDARDS 
REGULATING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY -RELATED MATTERS  
Notifying Member  COSTA RICA 
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title Law No. 8686 amending, adding and repealing various standards regulating 
intellectual property -related matters  
Subject matter  Copyright and related rights; Patents (including the protection of the 
protection of new varieties of plants); Protection of undisclosed information; 
Right enforcement  
Nature of the 
notification  [X] Main laws and regulations dedicated to intellectual property  
[  ] Other laws and regulations  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2023/IP/CRI/23_1520_00_s.pdf  
Notification status  [  ] First notification  
[X] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  IP/N/1/CRI/21, IP/N/1/CRI/C/9 ; IP/N/1/CRI/17, IP/N/1/CRI/P/6 ; 
IP/N/1/CRI/15, IP/N/1/CRI/P/5 ; IP/N/1/CRI/12, IP/N/1/CRI/D/1, 
IP/N/1/CRI/P/3 ; IP/N/1/CRI/E/3 ; IP/N/1/CRI/U/1   
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
Amends Articles 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, 14, 21, 22, 54, first paragraph of Article 55, Articles 57, 58, 68, 71, 
73, 76, 77, 79, 81, subparagraphs (a) and (g) of Article 82 and Articles 83, 87, 93, 103, 106, 107, 
108, 114, 115 , 154 and 155 of Law No. 6683 on Copyright and Related Rights and the amendments 
thereto. Adds Articles 21 bis, 41 bis and 73 bis to Law No. 6683 on Copyright and Related Rights  
and the amendments thereto. Repeals Articles 3 and 61 of  Law No. 6683 on Copyr ight and Related 
Rights  and the amendments thereto.  
 
Amends subparagraph (a) of Article 11 and Article 71 of Law No. 8039 on Intellectual Property Right 
Enforcement Procedures. Adds a third paragraph to Article 39 of the Law on Intellectual Property 
Right Enforcement Procedures.  
 
Amends Article 8 of Law No. 7975 on Undisclosed Information.  
 
Amends the first paragraph of Article 2, Article 3 and subparagraph (b) of Article 8 of Law No. 8631 
on the Protection of New Varieties of Plants.  
 IP/N/1/CRI/29 • IP/N/1/CRI/C/12 • IP/N/1/CRI/P/11 • IP/N/1/CRI/U/2 • IP/N/1/CRI/E/9  
 
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  Amends paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Article 17 of Law No. 6867 on Patents, Industrial Designs and 
Utility Models and the amendments thereto. Repeals the fourth paragraph of Article 20 of Law 
No. 6867 on Patents, Industrial Designs and Utility Models and the amendments thereto.  
 
Amends Articles 78 and 81 of Law No. 7788 on Biodiversity.  
Language(s) of 
notified legal text  Spanish  
Entry into force  26 November 2008  
Other date  Publication: 26 November 2008  
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  24 February 2023  
Other information    
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  rnpi@rnp.go.cr   
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.